Results tagged “cops”

Dozens of family members and friends quietly gathered outside the Fraternal Order of Police hall where supporters raised funds for an officer accused of drunk driving and crashing into a vehicle that killed two men, Chicago Breaking News reports.

Two 911 emergency center employees have been suspended without pay for their part in a "dispatch delay" that left an off-duty Chicago cop alone to defend himself against a car full of alleged gang members, the Sun-Times reports.

After a failed attempt to shoot and kill an off-duty cop believed to be a rival, four gang members were charged with attempted first-degree murder, Chicago Breaking News reports.

Two teenagers are held in the horrific murder of 15-year-old Alex Arellano earlier this month on the Southwest Side.

After three officers were found not guilty of criminal charges on Tuesday, Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis reinstated the jobs of five officers involved in a taped December 2006 bar fight at Jefferson Tap and Grille in the West Loop on Friday. Weis returned badges to the three officers who were defendants in the trial - Sgt. Jefferey Planey and Officers Paul Powers and Gregory Barnes - as well as two other officers who did not stand trial.

It's one of two things: Either it's so crazy it could never happen, or it's so batshit insane it's totally plausible. And as of today, it doesn't matter a lick, but it still costs nearly $200K in city (read: taxpayer) dollars. Since 2004, Lloyd Haywood has alleged that cops threatened him with a chainsaw, and downloaded porn to his computer, among other things. Monday, the city settled with him for $195,000.